Edward found Tammy sitting at a table in the library. She wasn't looking at Edward but she was smiling big about something. She was looking down at the table, with her hands on top of her backpack. "I know we didn't talk very much but EEEEEEEEEPPPPP! I can't stop smiling!" Tammy thought happily. "I'm even eating lunch with him again today!"

Edward cleared his throat, which startled Tammy. He pulled up a chair next to her. "Hi, Edward, I didn't hear you come in." said Tammy. She was trying not to smile about what she was thinking of. "Sigh. Derek."

"So… what kind of topics did you come up with?" asked Edward. He honestly didn't come up with anything. He really didn't need to anyway. He already knew enough about History, so he could just make up a topic on the spot and skip the research.

"Well since we have to talk about something dealing with America in the 20th century, we can talk about.." she grabbed her notebook and opened it to a page with a small list. "We can talk about many different things like, Immigration like what it was like for the immigrants to come over to America, what they went through at Ells Island, and life here in America- working, going to school and children going through different believes. We can talk about Factories what the conditions were working there, how there was no union, no safety rules, horrible hours and pay, how most children worked there instead of going to school..." She glanced at Edward and hear no response so instead of explaining the topics, she just said the topics. "We could talk about Child Labor, the U. S going into WWI, women gaining the right to vote, the Roaring 20's, The Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt did as President, the U.S going to WWII, the Japanese being rounded up and put into camps, the Vietnam War, racial struggles like African Americans or Hispanics or Japanese or other racial groups, the Cold War or Korean War, or Astronauts going to the moon the first time."

Edward just looked at Tammy with a shocked expression. He knew that she was smart in History but this caught him off guard. Unlike most students who would've just had a small list of five subjects or less, Tammy had a whole choice of topics.

"That's what I got… So what do you think? Or do you have something better?" asked Tammy.

Edward casually replied "You've came up with a lot of good topics. I mean a lot."

Tammy laughed "Yeah… I have a lot of free time on my hands. Sketching can only get you so far."

"What about playing your guitar?" asked Edward.

Tammy looked wide eyed at Edward. She was a little surprised that he remembered. Nobody had ever brought up about her playing the guitar before. "I thought people at this school were too narrow-minded and stuck up to notice my playing." She answered "Yeah, what about it?"

Edward shrugged "How come you don't play it at home?"

Tammy answered "I do sometimes. I'll listen to a song and see if I can imitate it or just make up my own."

"You did sound pretty good."

"Really?" Tammy asked a little too loud. The librarian shushed them and Tammy made a oops face. She lowered her voice "Nobody's ever talked about my guitar playing before- well no that's not entirely true, I've gotten some comments. Mostly from stuck up kids who don't know how to play an instrument. But that's ok; I always ignored them and played louder. Ha!" She smiled.

Edward chuckled. This girl was very amusing to him. Tammy yawned and blinked a few times. Edward saw the dark circles under her eyes. She must not be getting much sleep at home. "With your bitch slap rappin' and your cocaine tongue and you get nuthin done. I said you could be, you should be…wow talk about random. Eh, could be worst…you could be mine."

"You sure seem tired for someone who has a lot of time on your hands." Said Edward.

Tammy sighed "I don't want to bore you with my personal problems."

"It's not a good thing to keep things bottled up."

Tammy looked up at him "That's easier said than done. A lot of people keep things from each other. I'm sure even you keep things from Bella."

Edward pushed his lips together. "Did she know about us?" "What makes you say that?"

Tammy laughed a little. "Please, not every couple isn't that honest with each other. I'm sure you have some dark past or hidden secrets that you have not yet told- or don't want to tell Bella. Then again, you guys haven't been together that long and you guys are still fresh in the relationship." She then smiled. "I think it's cute."

Edward crocked one eyebrow. This girl was pretty sure she knew about honesty in relationships and she thought that Edward's and Bella's relationship being fresh was cute? This was a twist; she was the first person ever to say that. Even people who were already in relationships either wanted him or Bella. Was this the first girl ever to be immune to liking him since he became a vampire? "So do you have a secret?"

Tammy grinned "Everyone's got a secret Edward."

He asked "So what's yours?"'

"I'm surprised people don't gossip about it, especially Jessica." Muttered Tammy. Edward gave her a funny look and Tammy replied "She's one of my neighbors. Yeah try living near the teenager with the second biggest mouth on the earth-the first being her mother."

She stopped and looked at Edward. He pressed on "Go on,"

Tammy hesitated "I don't know. I mean you might think my problems are stupid and silly. I mean they are my family for crying out loud. I should be able to put up with them right?"

Edward's eyebrows rose "Ah, family problems." It wasn't a question.

"Partly, the problem." Replied Tammy.

Edward whispered "You can trust me."

Tammy looked at Edward. "Should I trust him? He does seem to have that friendly aura around him. Like Alice and Jasper. Hehehe Emmett is really funny…and I'm not sure about Rosalie."

"When did she talk to Emmett? And since when did I get a friendly aura?" Edward wondered. "Maybe she is weird."

"I'm sure I can trust him. God help me if I can't." she wondered. Tammy sighed "Ok, well you see…." "Just do it now!" "My Aunt and Uncle argue a lot at home. My Uncle lost his job and lately he's been really lazy and pathetic to try and look for a new job. My Aunt is tired of seeing him just lying around the house and doing, so she's always yelling at him.

"Where does that leave you in all this?"

"I try to stay away from home as much as I could. I only return to eat and to sleep, although sometimes that's kind of hard to do when they argue late into the night. Sometimes I'll tune them out with headphones in my ears and I'll be playing my guitar. If not, I walk around the town, just staying out late. On weekends I sleep majority of the day or go see my cousin." Edward was still quiet and she continued "Look I could care less what my neighbors or anybody else thinks about me or my relatives. I know you probably think I'm being really stupid about this, but haven't you ever felt the need to leave sometimes? You know if you could, just get up and leave?"

"Yes," Edward was a little surprised he blurted that out.

"I guess all teenagers go through this. It's not just me; I'm more open about it-or willing to say it. Most of these people are too scared and cowards." Sighed Tammy.

"Don't you have sibs who you can stay with?" asked Edward. He remembered hearing people mentioning that she had two big brothers.

"Yeah, but the court decided that they were unfit to take care of me." She looked at Edward. "The oldest one, Chris, he owns a store in Seattle. He just brought it and above the store is a loft. The judge and lawyer thought that since he just got into the business he might not be a 'suitable' guardian-at least for now. My other older brother-who is the middle man, he's off in college and will be graduating this year. I couldn't make him drop out of college and it was his last year, so obviously he couldn't take care of me." There was a hint of sadness in her voice.

"You miss them don't you?" Edward asked.

"Yeah, very much. Well I talk to Chris more than Alex on the phone. If I could, I would visit Chris every weekend!...But since I can't drive, don't have a car or ride, that ship sailed and…. Oh crap! We haven't picked a topic yet. Sorry, I didn't mean to go on and on about my problems." Tammy blushed. Well you couldn't really tell because of her tan but Edward knew better. "I can't believe that I wasted our time talking about my personal crap. Ugh, now he's gonna think that I'm some teenager who can't handle her own issues. High school sucks!"

Edward chuckled a little under his breath. Tammy eyed him. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing," Edward cleared his throat.

"You can tell me."

"It's funny how you talked about your family issues and then put them aside like that just so we can pick a topic for our project. It's like nothing ever happened."

"Well you're lucky that I stopped when I did. I can be quiet the chatterbox if you're not careful." Smiled Tammy.

"You don't seem like it." Responded Edward.

Tammy shrugged her shoulders "Maybe not now. That's because you don't know me very well. I'm very shy when it comes to meeting new people," She grinned at him "But once you get to know me, there's no going back! And you'll really have a hard time shutting me up."

Edward looked at the clock. They pretty much wasted half the class time. He sighed and Tammy read his face, nodding. Edward replied "Alright let's pick a topic."

"What are your topics?" asked Tammy.

"Pretty much what you picked out." Replied Edward.

Tammy looked at him. "It's ok if you didn't have one."

Edward looked at her "I had one. Like I said you chose the same topics I had." He lied easily.

She didn't believe him one bit. She knew he was lying to her. She didn't know how, but she did know. Like a vibe was telling her. It angered her a little but then she figured as long as he put effort into this project and didn't have her do all the work, then she was fine with it. Tammy sighed "Look, I don't mind, but as long as you do half of the work, I won't be angry. And I came up with a plan B incase none of those topics I chose were interesting."

He crocked an eyebrow. "She didn't believe me? How is that possible? And she's ok with it too? She really is a weird human. " Edward tilted his head and looked at her funny. He was still trying to figure her out when Tammy turned the page of her notebook "Before I scare you, this list is A LOT shorter than the first one. We can do the history of a particular food, other items, maybe how traditions started like Prom or even….cars." She smiled widely on the last one. "He must think I'm crazy because I'm letting him get away with this. Oh well it's like I said, he better make effort or else I won't… Ugh God, I know I'm being stupid and it'll hurt my grade too but I won't be taken advantage of…. You could be… STOP IT! Just wait til I get out of here. I'll play something else."

"Cars?" asked Edward. He was surprised that she even suggested that. A girl would've NEVER chosen that.

"I thought you might like that one." Grinned Tammy. "What do you say? The history on cars?"

"Sounds like we have a topic." Grinned Edward.

"Well then let's get started." Smiled Tammy.